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ElenaOrehova ( Chelyabinsk City , Russia )

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Hello, my name is Mike I am 32 years old, single, with no children and I live in Virginia.I wanted to tell you about my experience with a fraud. I kind of found out by accident. I was looking to see if I could find a map with her street on it in Chelyabinsk City . So I typed the words "Chelyabinsk City 107 Darvina Street" and hit search on my computer. Was I shocked to find what I saw. I saw the same address but with another name. It is on page 88 and she uses the name Natalya/Natasha Komarova. Elena used the email address of lenocha74@pochtamt.ru. She also spoke of her friends Tatyana and Kent. Tatyana met Kent from Canada on the internet. Well, so she says. All Elena did was write how Tatyana's experience in finding a wonderful man on the internet was her motivation in wanting to come to the USA and with me. Luckily, I only blew $10.00 on her. I had spent $101.00 on roses but the very next day after I found your website, the florist in Russian said no such person lived at that address. They were nice enough to refund $91.00 and only charge me $10.00 for delivery fees.  There's another piece of irony in that she said to NEVER send her anything because people steal mail regularly in Russia . Now, I know the real reason why she told me not to. Yes, my heart is broken but it could have been so much worse. Thank you SO much for your website. mike mikalsean@webtv.net

 

Meetabride.com

meetabride.com is a complete scam. I am a 38 year old american in los angeles . the pictures on meetabride are stolen and not real russian women. you will get no response from any women or from the web site

Tanya (Tatyana) Touching Hearts Club

Here is the actual correspondence, and pictures. I just did not email back.

Letters:

Hello Brian! :) thank you for you reply :) i live Ukraine . i hope this ok. i very happy you reply me. :)) yes i prefer mature man because they wise and more serious about life and family. this important to me. I speak and write English pretty good, but not perfect. I learning very fast. I do not have a computer at home and can not click to hyperlink either. :( I register with agency to send and receive e-mail when need . When I not able to reply quickly, this is problem. It cost some to send for email in ukraine . Please not worry about I forget to you ok. :)  I am look for a sincere relationship. Men my country are most time drunken or do not want make commitment and to have family. I only 25 year, but I very mature and I learn most about home and family value from parents. i have for one brother.  I would like to start a new life and have family of own. I speak to my parents and they wish best for me, but my dad don't believe possible sometime. He think I silly to find happiness on internet. He think no man in other country will send for me and that man only to play internet. This not stopped me. I register with agency that can make for my documents, visa, tickets, etc. This my dream! :) I told my father of what I planning, and costs, and he cannot afford for costs. Agency can make for me visa and plane fair under special program for students. It called foreign student exchange. I would be allowed into foreign country for 3 months. If I become married or obtaine work visa, I could stay longer or stay for always. I don't want to scare you away with marriage of course. :) But I want to be sincere and honest with you of what I want in life, and hopefully, we match. I think i need only look in you eyes once, and I think then I know for sure about heart :~). If I to arrive and it not work for us, I atleast make chance meet you and try make a life with you once. I would really like to meet partner in other country. I have friend who put ad like my ad and meet for her soulmate. She then fly to other country to meet her partner. They become married and plan for family together. They live California . I would love for this to happen me too. :) I am very dedicate, honest and treat partner with great sincerity. I hope that you sincere to meet because I would love to meet person who has sincere heart also. If you are sincere with meeting and want woman with good value and respect to you, and to know place as woman, maybe you reply to me again, and that we meet possibly. I don't have any doubts or hesitation about my choice to make this step in life. I know this what I want. And if could, I would leave today to meet my partner and i not be scared this chance take. :~) I ask if you interest me, that you not to write for other girl. I not jealous, but I give all my heart and effort to decision and want same from partner who interest me. I am client at agency that can help me with leave Ukraine to meet partner. my cousin also work this agency and am wait for hope to meet my soulmate and leave very soon. Once my account pay, I can leave less 2 weeks. So you see how to serious I am I hope. :~)  Where exact you live and exact work you to do? send to me you telephone and i can to call you. I do not have phone, but I may have chance to use friend's phone or call box if you sincere want to meet. I have chance call you in my next day i think.  Love Tatyana, not forget send you telephone... i look forward speak you :) ps. i not able open attached. send jpg format if possible.

Touching Hearts Club
12 Hospitalna St. ., Kiev 
01002, Kiev, Ukraine
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Ekaterina Smirnova, Account Manager
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Dmitri Kolobov Orlov, President
Please email TouchingHearts@mail.ru for more information


Tanya, I read your profile and you sound like a sweet girl; I am flattered that you sent me a message. Tanya you are a baby, at 23 of course you probably are the cutest. Being an older guy of course and actually having a girlfriend, lover, or wife at such a tender age is, well, exciting! Anyways, I would like to see your picture just to know who I am corresponding with. I am sending mine as well.  B.D

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Anastasia Fedorova/Nastya ( Syktyvkar , Russia )

I was contacted by this person (could be a man or a woman as photos are stock images they use) when he/she answered my Personals ad on the Yahoo Personals. Luckily right off the bat I was suspicious, but continued correspondence to see the progression, which ultimately ended with theLetter 13 request for money for the passport/visa. This site alerted me early on, as "her" photos were among those listed on here as known scammers. "her" letters also followed the typical non-response to my questions from previous emails, and the form letters fell in love with me for no good reason so quickly. Her initial letter said to call her either Anastasia OR Nastya.

Letter 1:

Hi. I was pleasantly surprised when has found out your answer in my mail box.  I have tried to write to you but I thought that you will not answer to me.  It so is interesting to correspond with the foreign man from America . I  very badly know computers but I went on rates of training to the computer.  I now know how to use mail on the computer. As you have understood or not but  I live in Russia in city Syktyvkar . I shall send to you a map where my city  is located. If want I shall tell to you about my city. I today went in  computer club and I have made new photos now I can send to you it if you  want. In this letter I shall send you my new photo. I have twenty seven  years old now but in the end of autumn it will be 28 to me. I'm interested  in man for my life. I the lonely woman but I do not want to be alone. I  was never married and I havn't kids still. I have serious intentions and  I do not want to make a wrong choice. I have tried to write to you and now  I see that you have answered to me, I think we can begin to correspond with  you. I have written only once and you have answered to me I think that  you are interested. Is it true? We are two people which want to meet someone.  I think we can try to know better each other but if you don't want it's  your choice. I want to ask you do you correspond with women already? Maybe  russian women? Do you have russian friends or friends who know russian people?  It's interesting for me. Do you know russian language? I studied the English  language at school and university and I think you understand me. I can speak  english also. I have finished university on a speciality "The Finance and rights"  and now I work in private shop as the financier. We have the computer here and I use it for our correspondence. But you must know I can't use it for long long time and please if you will send me the photos try to make it not much volume (size). There is no internet connection available but the email is works. So  I write you from my work. Sometimes I use the translation program to write to you because I don't know some words but most of all text I write personally. I  can write you 5-6 times per week, I think I can't write on sunday but I can  on saturday.(I work in saturday sometimes). Now I live alone and I rent my flat. Please tell me in your next email (if you will decide to correpond with me of course) how you want that I call you. You may call me Anastasia or Nastya. If you will answer me I'll write you tomorrow. I'll wait for your response. Anastasia.

Letter 7:

Hi my friend Dave. I'm very glad to write you today. It's warm here. I thought about you Dave this days.  Usually I spent my time at my home in weekend. I don't know what to do in weekends and I clean my  flat watch tv and read. I want to change my life and find the man which will make me happy and  which I make happy too. Every day I wake up at morning 6-7 o'clock, have my breakfast which usually I prepare by myself, I like to have tea at morning. Then I go to my work, I stand on bus stop and go to my work. Sometimes when I have much time before start of my work I go to my work on foot and  it takes about 15-20 minutes. I like to walk sometimes and you? I am at work up to 7 o'clock evening.  (I start to work at 9 morning). I like to work and I think without work it is very boring to me.  I don't know which quotations in your country but I want to tell you about our economic life.  Our people hope that everything must be all right soon, our people trust our president Vladimir  Putin, but I badly know the politics and I think it's not my enthusiasm. So my salary is about 1,5-2 thousands of roubles per month. and it's about 50-70 american dollars if you want to know. But our prices is not very big, for example I pay about 700-800 roubles for my rent flat and other  money I spend for food, clothe and other things. For example bread cost about 5-6roubles and usual  dress about 600-800 roubles. I don't know it's interesting to you or not but it's the life in Russia .  It's the very big salaries in Moscow about 7000-30000 roubles but the flats cost very much, for example  if you wanted to buy the flat in Moscow it will cost about 20000-100000 american dollars. It's fantastic  sums and if someone want to rent the flat it will be 200-300 dollars per month. I don't know prices of your country. After 7 o'clock I go home, watch tv, read or sometimes I go with my girlfriends Olga and Luda in cafe and we speak a lot, have tea. Sometimes we go to cinema or in sports hall. I want to find someone and change my life I want to live for someone, who knows maybe it's you Dave. I had one man before and he was not the best choice. He liked to drink alcohol very much and when he was drunk he become angry and silly. It offended me much and we have parted. Some times he has struck me. I don't love him and decide to live alone. Now I want to find someone, I don't know the destiny and I tried to write you, you answer to me and now I'm interested in you and want know all about you, you may ask me all questions what you want Dave. I'll answer you. I told my girlfriends and my mother about you Dave. They said that it's good but I must be cautious first time and must don't make a mistake. They says Hi to you Dave. I want to know you better please tell me more about you, I want to know how is your day, how you like to spend time. I'll wait for your answer. I send you my other photo today, all my photos was made not very much timeago. Hope you  like it. Please call me Anastasia because Nastya occurs from aNASTyAsia, and Nastya it's children's name. When we will be much closer you could call me so. Your good friend Anastasia.

Letter 13:

Hi my love Dave!  Today is not hot here again, and I'm thinking of you Dave. It was a great day when I received  the first letter from you I thank the God and I know that I found the man which name is Dave and I love you. Today I find out up to the end all about opportunities come to you. The last weekend was too slowly lasted without hearing of you Dave, and I miss you Dave. I am pleased with an opportunity to meet you soon, and I want it very much, I think you want it too, your letters was the ray of light in my life. As you know I was not interested in moving to other country but I will do it because I found my love and it's you Dave!!! We have firm in our city which makes the documents for people who want to leave the country.  I asked about moving to your country and I got the answer that I need the visa, foreign  passport and some other documents for registration. We have defined(determined) a type of  the visa and it's type which allows to marry in the future but if it will be not realize I  must return to my country after ninety days it's limit for visa. I asked about prices and was  very surprised, first I ask about terms (time) of performance and they said that there is many  people who wants to make documents and leave the country but if I'll make the application now,  and pay for it now they will make all documents not more than two weeks, and if I'll not make  the application, documents will be prepared not earlier than two or three months because  there are many people who wants to do it. I was very surprised of price of it. It cost three hundreds and twenty nine american dollars. It's make me little suppressed and disappointed I don't have so much now. I was make application but I must pay for it. I asked my mother about our savings she said that the money should not be a barrier between two people which love each other. I counted my sum and I found out that I have only about fifty dollars and my wages will be not soon. I asked my friends about helping me and they said that havn't it at the present moment. I asked the advice my mother and she said that maybe you Dave can help me because he loves me. I asked her how he can help me, because he is far from me. My mother said that Dave can send the money through company which make this service. I asked about it on my work and I know now that exists reliable and fast company which makes remittances in world and it's called western union. I has remember that I saw advertising this company on tv. I take a directory book and found the address of it and it's not far from me. I went there and I asked them about service. They said that sender must go to the western union branch, give them information: the name and last name of receiver, country they make transfer and bring the ten digits secret code to sender. The receiver must know ten digits for receiving money. They say that the branches of it must be everywhere worldwide. Here is the information about me: Country: Russia City: Syktyvkar Name: Anastasia Lastname: Fedorova Address of branch of western union: SEVERNY NARODNY BANK PERVOMAISKAYA, 68 SYKTYVKAR ,167000 phone: 7(821)2441931 I must know your full name, full address, your contact phone. You must know Dave that I decide to ask you about it because I love you and trust you  very much. I decide to come to you because I feel this way and you are very necessary to me, I decided to come to the unfamiliar country and I never be outside my country. But I decided to do it because now you are part of my life and I trust you in all. I think you trust me too and love me too. You must inform me the closest airport to you I'll ask the help with ticket from my relatives. Please don't forget to tell me the closest airport. My love Dave I need 289 dollars I think you will help us because we found our love and we want to meet closer. You must inform me ten digits and I can receive it. You must know Dave we must hurry because I can receive the documents soon and if we lost the time it is necessary for a long time. Now it's very difficultly to receive the visa to your country, and it's fact, but if I pay now I think I do it. I think about sense of money, and I'm very sad if this paper can prevent people to meet each other. In most cases the money play a main role in life but it's not right! I'm sure. And the quantity of money was and will not important to me I always not aspired to material enrichment and don't search specially for rich man. I appreciate human qualities and relations and I love you Dave!!! I love you all my heart, I want to be with you now... I want to be with you forever. If it's mutually we will be very happy in our life. I think you love me too and we will meet very soon. You are my love Dave. My heart is yours. I'm waiting good news from you, I hope everything will be all right and we will be together soon. Every day I think about our meeting, and I think it's real, we must use this chance of destiny. I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!  p.s. I send you photo special for you it was made by my girlfriend (she loves photograph very much) I never show it to anybody it's only for you. I love you!  Your love Anastasia.

I of course never sent money, thanks to the info learned beforehand on this site. Thank you. Dave

Agency Inamorata

I'd like to report an attempted scam by this so-called 'agency'. I had been emailing with Diana Ivanova for about five days and she was quickly 'falling in love' with me. Then I get this message. Needless to say, I did not send any money, nor I have responded back. I wouldn't be very polite in my response and I was concerned that maybe they would have some way of getting some sort of sophisticated virus through. I just left them. I am sending her photos and more information immediately after this.

From: "Agency Inamorata" <inamorataagency@inbox.ru>

Dear Mr.S Dilks, Welcome to our Agency! You responded to an advertising of a young lady named Diana from our Marriage Agency. Having correspondence with her doesn t obligate you to anything, but if you are really interested in this girl we d like to ask you, if it s possible for you, to help her cover some agency expenses such as a translation of your letters and an internet provider service. Be sure that your money will reach the destination,just put a name of your chosen girl on your money transfer receipt. A monthly rate is 70$ USA . Also, if you d like to make a birthday present to your girl such as flowers, perfume, a book etc., we ll be glad to do it for you and for her foe a reasonable price. We can also provide an English class for her, if you want her to speak good English to you and when the happinest moment comes and you ll deside to come to Odessa to meet with her, we ll be glad to assist you with visa, logistics and interpreter. Thank you for your consideration and good luck! Agency Inamorata

Elena Metelkina ( Ekaterinburg , Russia )

To the man who wrote about being scammed by Elena Metelkina from Ekaterinburg. The phone number for US embassy in Ekaterinburg is 3432-62-98-88, ask for Robert Austin, or Dale Epper, General Consul. Email address is consulyekat@state.gov. Perhaps they can provide you some assistance? They were of no help to me in another matter. TK

Evgenia Skornyakova ( Saint Petersburg , Russia )

My name is Matt and I am single white male 41 who works for the State of Alabama . I was approached by her from DreamMates.com on September 24, 2002. After a few emails she tells me she would like to visit me and was working on getting her visa together. I offered no money at this time only that maybe we should get to know each other a little better. So after a couple more emails she tells me she has started the process for her visa and didn't have enough money to cover all the other expenses for documentation and wanted $300 for the rest or she could not get her visa. Also to wire the funds through Western Union within five days. I was pretty sure this was a scam so I checked this website and found her picture under another name Olga/Olya Cherapanova Cheboksary, Russia . I deleted her first email to me but here is the one asking for money.

Her Letter asking for money:

Hello my love Matt!!!! Thank you so much for your nice letter! Well, I looked for visa one else and to me it is necessary to pay 55 dollars for the visa and 30 dollars registration and more it is necessary to pass inspection in hospital X-ray and it to cost 137 dollars and more and more registration of the documents, foreign passport, i.e. 396 dollars should suffice me. You understand? I went to embassy and at me was 50 dollars and I start registration the visa, it is necessary to pay for it, I have told, that I have 50 dollars and they have told well, give 50 dollars. And me have started registration. I so have understood that for the visa of this money will suffice, because to me so have told. But today I went there and to me have told, that to me gave the visa that it to finish registration urgently it is necessary to bring all those documents, i.e. medical and other. I have told, and it is possible later in some days, because I do not have not enough money to receive all these documents, at me at once have shouted, have scolded and have told, that for you then have begun to make the visa if you do not have not enough money, but I speak, that the visa costs 45 dollars and registration a little more, but to me have not explained at once to receive the visa, is necessary that were applied all necessary documents, I has certainly apologized, and has told, that I shall bring soon, one of these days. To me have told, that they may wait about 5 days and if I shall not bring the necessary documents they will stop to make the visa to me. And it is even worse, that if I not shall have time, to me have told that may not make to me the visa more, they will take offence at me, for my acts. But I promised, that I shall make all correctly and to me have believed. My life has very much changed, after I have learned(found out) you. I asked the help mum, but she(it) has answered me, that has no such money and may not help me. Then I to go today to bank and to try to take the loan, to pay the visa. It has turned out to take the loan from me, but only 50 $, more I can not allow myself. Now I have 50 more $ for my visa. And full cost of the visa of 396 dollars. Me does not suffice now 300 $ to pay the visa.Therefore I very much ask you, try to borrow from somebody money if you now do not have it, at the friends for example. Because to me now in such situation the help nobody may, I searched already, but not any successes. Therefore I hope only for you, you one to me may the help. Because I believe in you, and in both of us, that all at us will be Ok! And I hope, that all will be good. I know it. I ask you to send this money to me as soon as possible. Please send to me 300 dollars in these 5 days. Ok? It's very important. I wait! I want to tell that the money better to send by the bank system called Western Union . This system is very reliable also transferring money is carried out during 15 minutes. By the way you must send the money on my passport data. Here is my data: Evgenia Skornyakova , RUSSIA , St.-Petersburg, Lenin Street 24, apartment 55 . After you will send money you in bank will tell ten figures (MTCN, control number) and do not forget to write your full address and full name which you will fill at sending money and should inform me it. I wait your answer as soon as possible. Please, help me. I know, that you good man and you correctly all understood. I wait you. See you soon. Your forever Evgenia

Hope this helps, Matt

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Fiancee visa scam - Valentina Drozdova ( Odessa , Ukraine )

Earlier this year I was the victim of a fiancee visa scam which was perpetrated by two women in Odessa , Ukraine , Valentina Drozdova and Natasha Blazhko. In the months since I uncovered the scheme, I have discovered that it was on-going since 2000 and there were many other men involved. Criminal fraud charges are in the process of being filed and at least two of the other victims will be sending in their stories as well Because we are still building our case, I have left out the details about my contacts with these other men in my description of my relationship with these women so as not to let them know exactly how much we do know about the scam at this time. We are hoping that by posting this maybe some other men who had been involved with them will come forward and provide more damaging evidence against them. After we have made our case, we will provide you will all of the additional details. The following documents are attached which I hope you will post on your blacklist page. A letter describing my relationship. How we met etc.. along with copies of her requests for money  Pictures of Natasha and Valentina 

Coincidently, about a week ago I received a letter from a woman in Russia . I just found a brief mention of her on your recent updates. She is Olga in Ulanovsk. Having gone through all of this and having read your web page about common scams I was immediately suspicious. I wrote back and sure enough it followed the scheme almost to the letter and by the 6th email she was requesting $350.00 for a tourist visa. So things don't get confused I will send the details - her name, pics and letters to you separately. Also, just a small suggestion about the site. When I first received her email I checked your blacklist page and didn't see her but I didn't know there were update pages. Maybe you could put a link on bottom of the blacklist page to the page that has the updates listed because it's kind of buried in the site. Thanks for your help. You have a great site and are providing a great service! Sincerely, David G.

My name is David and I am a single white American male, aged 49, self-employed and living in Houston , Texas . Two women in Odessa , Ukraine - Valentine Drozdova and Natasha Blazhko have since 2000 been working an elaborate visa scam apparently on dozens of men. Briefly this is how it worked. They posted their pictures on Match.com Corresponded with men and encouraged them to come visit them. Then they would tell them to stay at an apartment owned by Natasha's mother charging whatever rent they thought the market would bear. This varied from 60$/day to $120/ day and they would split the proceeds. As I was only involved with Valentine I can only speak about how she operated. She would correspond with a guy and encourage him to visit her in Odessa . When he visited, she would stay with him in the apartment and have sex with him. Towards the end of the visit she and Natasha would talk about making a fiancee visa and if he agreed then Valentine would bring him to meet her mother and ask permission to marry. Then after he returned to the states the requests for money would begin. 

Here is the complete story -

I began corresponding with Valentina back around September of 2001. It was really accidental. I just randomly selected the Ukraine on match.com one evening when I didn't see anyone new on the local profiles. I thought it would be fun to see what women in other countries write in their profiles. I had never even heard about "Russian Brides" syndrome. When I came to her profile, I thought she was really pretty so I sent her a note saying she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. I never expected her to even answer. I just figured it would make her day, and she would smile and delete it since I was in Houston and she was in Odessa . About 2 weeks later I got a long email from her. I didn't even remember who she was and had to look up her profile. After a few months of emails I decided that it would be fun to go to Odessa and meet her in person. I hadn't taken a vacation in several years and I figured it would be a great adventure. I scheduled my trip for the week of Valentines Day and her birthday figuring that would be at least two really romantic evenings together. She was very excited about it and made arrangements for an apartment for me to rent while I was there. It turns out that this apartment belonged to her friend Natasha's mother and the three of them were splitting the proceeds from the rent. When I arrived in Odessa , Valentina and Natasha met me at the airport. Natasha was pretty fluent in English and did most of the translating for us while I was there. Valentina spoke no English - ( I have since found out that Valentina is very fluent in English but pretended to not speak any.) and I spoke about 100 words of Russian. Anyway it was a magical two weeks, like a fairy tale. .Her daughter Julia joined us at the apartment on weekends and during the week she stayed at Valentina's flat with Valentina's mother. A few days before I was going to leave, Natasha and Valentina and I had dinner together and Natasha asked me if I wanted to do a fiance visa. This came as a big surprise to me. After all I had only known this woman for 10 days but it had been such a great 2 weeks that I figured sure, at least I can lock her into and exclusive relationship, and then visit a few more times and be sure it was all real. I was even taken back to her mother to ask her permission to marry Valentina. Up to this time she never asked me for money and even when I was there she never asked me to buy her anything. I just paid for all of our cabs and meals and the concerts we went to. So I went back to the states "engaged." Now I was aware of the visa scams and was skeptical about all this from the start but having her daughter stay with us and having me meet her mother sort of threw me and I was fairly certain that things were legitimate. 

We kept writing and I made plans to go out either mid-May or at the beginning of June. She nixed mid-May saying that Julia was having exams and she needed to help with that, so I set it for June 1 till June 20th. Now about 2 months before the trip she emailed me and asked me for help to pay for her passport which was $100.00 and money for English lessons which were $120 per month. Since I was the one who encouraged her to do this (take English lessons) I didn't feel it was unreasonable so I sent her around $600 to cover a few months of lessons and the passport. Then a few weeks before my departure date she emailed me again and asked me if I would buy her a hot water heater, saying that the government had cut off the hot water. I had read about that on-line so I figured since I was going to be staying in her flat and it was still cold there hot water would be nice. So I sent her $400.00 for that. The money was sent via Western Union . Copies of her emails requesting the money are shown and the end of this message. 

OK - so I fly to Odessa and stay with her for 3 weeks in June. About a week of this was in Fyadorovkov, the village where her mom lives and where she grew up. I thought it would be great seeing where she came from. I kept working on my Russian during the 4 months between the two visits and had about 500 words by the time I made the second trip, so I was able to talk with her a lot more and get a better read on what type of person she was. After I got to Odessa , almost from day one she talked a lot about money. Everything was "these are Italian shoes $300.00," "this is a French suit - $700.00." And kept making comments about how she was a "doroga" woman (expensive woman) and that perhaps I should find one who was "ni doroga" not expensive. This raised a flag for me because she was supposedly earning about $200/month and it seemed unlikely that she was able to afford all this stuff on her own. Even on the first day I was there, she asked me to buy her a new bed and a new washing machine. I told her I didn't see the point since she was going to be moving to the states with me in a few months. Finally I got fed up with it and I called Natasha and we all sat down and talked about it. . I told her I hadn't come to Odessa to buy a wife. That since I left in February she had emailed me over and over telling me how much she loved me and how she couldn't wait to see me again. Repeatedly encouraging me to come back as quickly as possible. Two nights before I left we got together with Natasha again and once again had the conversation about money. So I flew back to the States with a lot of doubts and second thoughts about her and her apparent fixation with labels (Italian, French) money. I left her documents for the fiancée visa with her as a few things were still missing and told her to fed-ex them to me when everything was complete. I decided that I would mull things over some more and perhaps make at least one more trip before I brought them to the states. The day after I got back a friend of hers here in the states called me and asked me how I was. I told her about the trip and she told me to be careful. That Valentina lies and that Valentina had told her she was marrying a millionaire. I told her that we had discussed money and that it didn't seem to be a problem. I thought she was just exaggerating about me but later I realized that she had already made arrangements to marry before I got there. I didn't hear anything from her after I got back. I sent her several emails and after about 2 weeks had passed, I finally emailed Natasha to see if there was any problem. She emailed me back and said no that she was in the village. So I figured she just went back out to get the copy of her birth certificate that she had applied for when we were there and was just hanging at her moms. Then Sunday I got an email from the friend of hers here in the States. She asked me how I was and I said busy and that I was looking forward to hearing from Valentina when she got back from the village. She emailed me back an hour later and said David I have to tell you, Valentina got married. So then her comment about the millionaire she had made when I first came back made sense. I realized that she must have had this planned before I made my trip and that my feeling about only being there to spend money on her while I was there was correct. Well, I was furious. Evidently I flew out of Odessa on June 20th and he flew in on June 21st. I wasn't so upset about losing her because as I've said I had a lot of doubts about her but I didn't like being played like that and I had still made an honest commitment to her and I expected the same. I also felt that most likely the guy she had married was only chosen because he had the deepest pockets and was probably clueless about her "character." I felt that I had a moral obligation to let him know whom he was involved with so he could make a better choice. So I hired a private detective in Odessa to go to the marriage license agency and get his name and address for me. I have since learned from talking with other friends of hers that this had been going on since 2000 and there have been a whole string other men providing a very comfortable income. 

Valentine and Natasha's Details:

Valentine Drozdova
Dnepropetrovsky Road 109, #4
Odessa, Ukraine 65017
pupchik@hotmail.com

Natasha Blahzko
Lustdorfskaya Road 119 , #3
Odessa, Ukraine 65088
tata@farlep.net

First request for money - March 15, 2002

My Dear David, 

I hope you are fine. I miss you… I would like to ask to help me with money now, because it will be difficult for me to pay for my passport, English lessons and Juliya. Nobody helps me now, I hope just you. I am really glad that you met with immigration lawyer. When you send me a list of requirements you should use FedEx they are faster.  …….the rest of the letter was just b.s. about some holiday.… I LOVE you, I WANT YOU TO BE ME NEAR NOW!!!!! YOURS FOREVER, VALJA

Second request for money - May 22, 2002

Hello my love!!!!!! How are you?????????? My darling love I hope you're doing fine. I miss your kiss's so much. I need your hugs. My love I have a little problem. And I hope you'll help me. It's rather cold outside and it's rather cold inside my flat. And I haven't any person to warm my soul. Our government turned off the hot water and central heating. That's why I couldn't talk because the hot water goes cold very fast. I need a hot bath so much. I'm afraid I'll be so dirty and fat next time when we meet. Could you help me with buying and box for heating and saving hot water. And I will always remember you while I'll having a bath. I know that you made a lot for me but I need such king of man like you. I need someone's care and attention. My darling I need 300$ US for it. You have to help me. It's very difficult without a hot water. I hope you will help me my love.   I love you! I miss you!!! I want you!!

R R R

LATER COMMENT FROM A VISITOR IN DEFENCE OF NATASHA BLAZHKO:

Dear Sir/Madam

I refer to the allegations made against Natasha Blahzko from Odessa Ukraine which were published on your website. I believe these allegations to be untrue. I too have had dealings with Natasha and can state from experience that she is an  honest and reputable individual. Natasha assisted my now wife (from Odessa , Ukraine ) and I to correspond and to meet. We are both happily married and living in Australia . During the courtship with my wife and the subsequent preparation of her visa, Natasha helped my wife and I to translate each others letters, obtain invitations and facilitated my visits to Ukraine from Australia . She often did this at some expense and inconvenience to herself. Yes, Natasha offered me accommodation in Ukraine , but I was free to choose whether I accepted this or not. David suggests that there was some element of fraud in this and that Natasha's modus operandi was to lure men to Ukraine simply so that they would use her apartment - I can assure you that this is untrue and absurd. From my experience, there was no pressure, nor were any consequences if I chose to book accommodation elsewhere. It is also true that Natasha on behalf of her clients requests money to assist women with their English. In my wife's case, I sent the money thru Western Union directly to my wife. Natasha does not ask for money to be sent to her. It is interesting to note that David in his written comments freely admits that he is uncertain whether Natasha is a 'scammer'. He says (and I quote line 7 para 3 of his letter): " As I was only involved with Valentine I can only speak about how she operated." Accordingly, his comments in relation to Natasha can only be regarded as speculation and must be read in this light. I am unable to comment on the allegations against Valentine Drozdova - it is more than likely that the allegations involving her are true. Natasha helps many women in Odessa but unfortunately, not all her clients are bona fide in their expectations about relationships with foreign men. David's experience is unfortunate and probably the result of him choosing the wrong woman to correspond with and being a little bit naive.

regards

Michael
(name and address supplied)

Later comment from David (the author of the initial comment), 11 Nov. 2004:

1. Natasha Blazhko married a man from Austin Texas who brought her to the U.S. About 3 weeks after arriving in the U.S. she disappeared and was last reported back in Odessa .

2. Valentina Drozdova married a man from Oregon who found out about her involvement in the internet scams and was last reported still living in Odessa .

Tanzilya Gabasova/Valya Podlesnaya 

Hello, I have had a few e-mails from a woman in Kazan Russia, who contacted me through Date.com After just 3 e-mails and 2 pictures, she tells me that she has a friend in the US Embassy that can expedite her Visa, Passport, and Travel Documents, but her friend will only be working there until Oct 17, so I have to send her $1950usd right away through Western Union. After becoming skeptical, I starting looking for ways to check her out, when I came upon this web site and  low and behold, I found a picture of the woman, but she is now using a different name and address. You have her listed as Valya Podlesnaya from Mariupol , Ukraine but she told me she is Tanzilya Gabasova. My home address: Russia , city Kazan , street-Chavaina, house-18, apartment-13. I want that you have translated money through the Western Union in Bank. To me have told that you can transfer (translate) money in any bank of Russia and I can receive them in Kazan . So please update your profile on her to add this new name. Thanx alot, Bill

Valentina Mironenko/Fortune Agency

I am a 48 year old from the USA and I originally contacted this women through Match.com In September 2001 and corresponded through February 2002 and was scammed out of about 3500 US dollars. I wish I had found this site sooner. Rather than repeat the same letters please refer to your archives about Valentina Mironenko and the agency which she scams with called Fortune, the letters are identical along with the photos. Her letters stopped when she developed a blood disorder and could not receive a visa frome the USA and I contacted the Fortune agency when I had not heard from her and they said she was no longer a client of theirs. I informed the agency of the money I lost and they said they would get the monmey back from her if she had scammed me and no one has ever resopnded. If you would like to see the same letters and comments about Valentina she is also listed at Russian-Detectives.com. with the same letters and pictures. And I have warned all other scam lists and agencies about her. She is also listed currently at Frienfinder.com as Mermaid3000 and at the Absolute Agency as Lonelyheart or A2828644.If you need any futher copies of letters or photos please contact me at bob.pelton@gte.net P.S. Like so many I wish I had known about this site earlier.

Denis Demidov ( Cheboksary , Russia )

My name is Daniel, and I am a single gay man in the USA . I received the first email from Denis Demidov on Tuesday, July 16, 2002. He found my profile on "gay.com", a gay dating Internet website. He stated that he was gay and wanted to find true love in the USA because he could not reveal his sexuality in Russia . I responded as a person interested in making new friends, but did not show any interest in love (this response email was lost). We started emailing each other in a friendly way, but his emails soon turned to love. He sent me a picture and I found him to be very attractive. His words were sweet and sounded believable, and soon I started falling in love with him as well. 

After a month, he stated he would like to visit me and was working to save enough money for airfare. Soon he asked me to help and I sent him $200 and told him he would have to wait to visit me. His next email stated that he was in Moscow to get his visa and tickets and needed more money. I told him I couldn't send more money yet and that he should wait until September. Also, I had a roommate who was moving out in September. He agreed, and we continued to correspond for the next month. In September, I sent him another $350 to help with the tickets and told him to wait until October 15 to travel. He agreed.

In October, he told me he was in Moscow and had his tickets. He said he needed another $500 to get his visa to prove he had spending money, but would return it to me when he arrived. I sent another $500. The next day he told me he would have to go into the Army unless he could bribe a doctor into falsifying his medical records, and that $1000 was the cheapest doctor he could find. I sent him another $1000, bringing the total to $2050.

That's essentially the last I heard from him. He did not arrive, or email me back. Here are a few of the emails I received from him. 

Early Emails:

I am very glad, that you have responded to the message. A thank to you for it. As is healthy to hear related soul. It is a little about itself. Call me Denis. My growth 175 sm, weight of 73 kg, at me a fair-haired hair. To me 23 years, will be speed at me birthday, To be exact on July 29. I live with the parents in large and beautiful City Cheboksary . I love to listen to good music, but I do not prefer any especially, And I listen to anyone, which is pleasant. With pleasure I am engaged in sports and I love mobile games. About that I gey nobody knows, on this to me is very lonely. I do not have close friend and I To nobody I can tell about the sights on life and about my love. And you could also tell something about yourselves. Probably it will help ours To the further attitudes(relations), if you wish it. I dream of it simply. To me the close and fond man is necessary which could me understand and to be a number(line), is independent From distance. I hope, it will be you. I shall look forward to hearing from you very much. I hope you shortly to me write.

It is very pleasant to me again to hear you!!!!! I am sincere Is glad and is very grateful to you for your attention!!!!!!! My soul exults and sing. My lovely friend (you not against if I shall be You so to name), as though I wanted to meet you personally with an eye On an eye and to talk about everything, that both of us interests. But alas about it It is possible while only to dream. For now I shall tell slightly about the family. I live with the parents in a two-room apartment. I have room, Earlier I divided(shared) her(it) with the sister, but now my sister lives with the husband. My mum works at a factory, and father - on construction. In the summer we by all family We leave for city on the summer residence. At us there kitchen garden, where we land The vegetables, fruit and berries. The mum preserves them for winter. My father very well is able to prepare meal, but the mum too is tasty prepares. We live amicably, but I can not by him(it) tell that I - gay. It is them would kill. They think, that their son as well as majority of the young men Soon will result in the house the bride. And actually it never Happen. At us in city it is impossible so is open to speak, that you - gay, Differently you simply can cause a pain, humiliate or at all beat. I do not want here to anybody to speak about my inclination, I am afraid, that all whom I know will not understand and will turn away from me, and with me nobody will be To communicate. I think you me understand. It is time to me to finish. Write to me, that you still interests about me and tell more in detail About itself and feelings. About love Denis

Email Asking for Money:

Hi my love, I again should ask application for The long silence. I still want faster to see you and I I do(make) all for this purpose. The large thank to you behind a photo, I very much I love them and they very much like to me. I already am in Moscow And already has bought the tickets on October 18. You are glad to this? I am simple ???? with happiness. There was so not enough time up to ours Meetings, that I simply consider(count) each minute before that time When our hands to adjoin. I only have one Problem. Mine lovely I today went in travel agency and All was good with my visa and tickets. Now I can be quiet Concerning it. But me have told one thing and me it very much has surprised. It appears at entrance to your country to me it is necessary to have at itself money The sum not less $ 500 American dollars. I will need to show Money at passage the aerotailor of a zone and also to show them in tourist Agency, that they had reliance that I have money for this purpose To buy to itself food and to pay for habitation. There is your government Is very much concerned with the large number of the tramps. Therefore me is necessary to have at To itself money. Mine favourite I think, that you can to me help. I not I can borrow(occupy) such sum. If you to me will send money I them only I shall show At entrance to your country and as soon as we with you shall be together I to you at once I shall return them back. Therefore this money will not be spent. I think, That you can help me, you see already term of my arrival is very close and It is impossible to lose minute. I shall write to you later. Love and kisses Denis.

Email Asking for Money:

MY LOVE, MY PLEASURE of READING of YOUR LETTERS IS SO GREAT, AS to a MOUNTAIN of OUR RULE(SITUATION). FAVOURITE MINE, THAT to ME TODAY HAVE INFORMED, IS SIMPLY AWFUL. But in the beginning I wanted you to thank for that, That all of you do(make) for our meeting. I have received your translation and my gratitude To you is boundless. To me is very sad and is sad to write to you the following lines. The real rule(situation) of things has appeared much more difficultly, than I could to myself present. MY LOVE, AS THOUGH ALL WAS NOT, I AM GIVEN UP to YOU FOREVER And I AM DEVOTED ONLY to YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I today have gone again to transport agency and me Have informed a dreadful thing!!! MY LOVE, I And TO IMAGINE COULD NOT, THAT SO ALL CAN TURN OUT. MINE to a MOUNTAIN IS FILLED by TEARS DESPAIR!!!!!!!!!!! Favourite mine, to me have told, that I can not be sent in USA and In general abroad. ME SIMPLY WANT TO TAKE AWAY In ARMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SIMPLE In a HYSTERICS. WELL WHY DESTINY SO EVIL With US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY ALL TURNS OUT SO IS AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU SEE IT SEEMED ALL PROBLEMS ARE ALREADY DECIDED(ALREADY SOLVED) And ABOVE US the SUN of LOVE ASCENDS And FORETELLS BLISS the FUTURE. WELL WHY THE DESTINY IS ADJUSTED AGAINST OUR LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My love, I am simply ready To rise on knees before the Most High and to ask it(him) about mercy. For what us so punish!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS of the WHOLE TWO YEARS FAR FROM YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IS NOT PRESENT, I CAN NOT BEAR(TAKE OUT) IT!!!!!!! My love, though at us in Russia also it is possible all to decide(solve) with money, but I understand, that to us not To find of such sum. It about $ 1000!!!!! We today all the day learned(found out) with mine by a uncle, And this cheapest, for how many we could find. Certainly it is all not legally, it(he) At us many do(make) so. Naturally who can to itself allow such wastes. For this money it is possible to pass an illegally medical commission, where will be specified, That you are not suitable to a military service. But I think, it to us will appear not on a pocket. Favourite mine, I am in complete confusion. I DO NOT KNOW, THAT to US TO DO(MAKE)!!!!!!!!!!!! My tickets are already bought............ And I likely should them hand over. MY LOVE, I do not know, but I likely should go to serve in army. If at us nothing it to turn out With this problem, I shall hand over the tickets and to send to you everything, that you sent me. BUT AS IT AWFULLY TO BE FORGIVEN With THAT DREAM, WHICH ALMOST ALREADY WAS In OURS HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY LOVE, WHEN I READ TODAY YOUR LETTER With REPRESENTATIONS of OUR AFFINITY, MY TEARS WERE ROLLED by a HAILSTONES. YES And NOW ME IT IS SIMPLE ?????? FROM THIS AWFUL NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WELL WHY ALL WORLD IS ADJUSTED AGAINST US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY OUR DREAM TO BECOME BY FAR FROM US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO WILL EXPLAIN to ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My love, I present Yours to a mountain also, when you will read these lines. Forgive, forgive me for all. I VERY MUCH LOVE YOU VERY MUCH VERY MUCH VERY MUCH VERY MUCH VERY MUCH VERY MUCH VERY MUCH And KNOW, THAT I SHALL BE ALWAYS DEVOTED to YOU. If such test, I is necessary still us Each day I shall write to you of the letter from army and I shall live only by , when we We can meet............ I can not......... I need slightly to calm down. MY LOVE, WELL WHY ALL SO IS AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MINE LOVELY, I DO NOT KNOW, THAT YOU WILL WRITE to ME. KNOW, MY LOVE To YOU IS HIGHER ONLY. I CAN UNDERSTAND ALL. ONLY PLEASE WRITE to ME. TO ME IS NECESSARY, IS NOT PRESENT, YOUR MORAL SUPPORT IS SIMPLY NECESSARY for ME. WITHOUT YOU I ????. I AM In SUCH CONDITION, THAT to ME EVEN TO LIVE the AMBASSADOR IT WOULD NOT BE DESIRABLE TODAY. BUT I CAN ONLY BE TYPED(COLLECTED) by FORCES, READING AGAIN And AGAIN YOUR LETTERS FILLED by LOVE And TENDERNESS. I LOVE YOU, I LOVE, I LOVE, I LOVE, I LOVE, I LOVE, I LOVE, And one MILLION of TIME I LOVE. And I I SHALL NOT CEASE IT TO SPEAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I IT SHOUT Also MY VOTE IS BROKEN FROM BURNING. WHY, WHY ALL ???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ETERNALLY YOURS, FOND UP TO the END of THE DAYS, WORTH ON KNEES And GIVEN VENT by TEARS, DENIS.

Email Asking for Money:

My love, I so was upset because of this news About a service in army. But your words have installed in me hope. We can be together. If you will send to me 1000 $, I Can pay off from army and already tomorrow to be a number(line) With you. I do not want to go in army. I want to be with you. Yes, the army at us exists in the compulsory order. If from us took away in army at own will, That our army would be probably in 20 times less, than now. Everyone youth, to which 18 years and which where were executed Does not study, should serve 2 years in army. Mine lovely, I hope only for your help. I love you and I wait for your answer. On always yours Denis.

Final Email After Receiving Money:

My love, I have received your number MTCN. I VERY MUCH LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today I shall not have time any more to receive money, And tomorrow since the morning I at once ????? in bank, I shall receive money and I shall send you a copy of the tickets. Up to tomorrow my love. Yours Denis. 

That's my story. I am going to file for prosecution as described. Not only did he/she get $2050 from me, but emotionally tore me apart. I want to see this person prosecuted and in jail! Sincerely, Daniel

R

Elena ( Tyumen , Russia )

I am a single American man who did not give this women any money thanks to womenrussia.com I saw her profile out there and knew she was a scam artist. So here is her letter and photo. She wrote the same letter to several other men. She justs wants your money. DS.

Letter:

Hello, my friend. I was very glad that you answered me. I would like to find out more about you very much. I live in Tyumen , in the north of Russia . I do not know how much is it  far from Moscow , but I think, it is about 1200 km. There are approximately 400,000 inhabitants in my city. I'm very cheerful person. I want to find a man of my life with whom I would spend the rest of my life. I do not want to make a mistake in my choice and I wish to know as much as it is possible about my future friend. My schedule is very severe. I live with the mum now. She is a very good person. I've said to my mother today that a person from USA had  answered me. She was pleasantly surprised. But she does not trust in the success of Internet relations between couples. My mother is very far from all this things. I cannot make promises that the future may bind us, but I wish to help you to study more about me. I seldom travelled far, and never was in other country. But I dream to visit on places of ancient civilizations. I have never been married. I do not have children. As you probably  already had noted I'm 27 years and my birthday will be absolutely soon in November 29, and it will be  28 and I would like to find a companion of my life. I was bad to perceive the computer but I learn  now. I work as a junior book-keeper. On weekends and holidays I work as a tutor of mathematics for children from secondary schools.Basically there are children from 7 to16 years. However there are summer vacations now and I work only in the office. I miss my pupils very much. I have university education in economy. My favorite food is Pelmeni. Pelmeni is a simple Russian dish, which is made of paste and meat. It is very tasty. I know many receipts of good meal. I like roses among the flowers. Usually I go to our office to write you letters. There is an Internet connection  Sometimes I may go to an Internet Cafe. But I cannot allow myself use of Internet Cafe very often. Here  it is still expensive for us.  I like to listen to music in the free time. I listen different  compositions depending on mood. I have never been married and I want to create good family. Probably we  will become good friends or even more, if we are very successful. Probably as it is the same with you my private life is too limited by the absence of free time. Even my weekends sometimes are filled with the work. Sometimes also I'm asked to displace other bookkeepers, so that I had no a lot of time for my own pleasure this year. I'm not complaining. I believe that the time will award me  and I feel that I shall have a greater control of my private life thereafter. I hope to find the second half of my life and to share with him love and everything. I was not successful enough before to find one for me. I wish to find a self-confident and kind man. I know that it will be a hard work, but I will move to this purpose. I shall try to form the strong bonds of confidence and communication with you and to be the good mother of our future children. I hope that your purposes will be similar. I would like to know your thoughts  about your future. I hope that you have listened me with the interest and it will be the beginning to help you to know me a bit better. I will be waiting for your answer. Bye , Your friend Elena 
Her e-mail is little_bird@fromru.com

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Lenara ( Kazan , Russia )

Ekatarina Sharkova / Kazan works now under the name "lenara" . Her e-mail adress now is: lenara26@front.ru Thanks to god ,that i found this side,where i saw her foto

Thomas 

Lidiya Kurutkina ( Dnepropetrovsk , Ukraine )

Hi there. I dont wish to have my complete story up as I wish to remain anonymous. Just to inform you that I sent 350$ to Lidiya Kurutkina and of course just realised that she is a scammer. Lost my money. 

I wish to puruse this girl. Is there any way I can determine her true address in Ukraine . Kurutkina MUST be her surname as it appears in the passport OTHERWISE Western Union would not hand out the money. So there must be a govt agency that keeps records of peoples addresses. All I need is her true address. How can I get this? 

Below are some letters from her.

Hi <Anonymous>! Thank you for your call ,it was very pleasant to talk to you too. You know I told my mother that I've been speaking to you on the phone & that I'm so happy now. She told me that I seem to fly like an angel after your call! I've already found out that the price for the flyticket to Prague is 250$,and for my international passport - 100$.The agency can make me it within a week,but if we'll decide to meet in the end of September,then I'll reserve my ticket for that date. Sorry ,but I cannot travel by train as I had bad experience going by it last time ,I was then 18 y.o.I'll tell you about it when we'll meet ,,, I need 350$ to come to Prague,as for the way of sending money, I've asked in the agency about it & they told me that the safest,quickest & most convinient way of transferring money is by Western Union to Ukraine, Dnepropetrovsk for Lida Kurutkina. So <Anonymous> that is I can to do about my coming to Prague , Yesterday I bought a beautifull boquet of red-blooded roses from you! They smells wonderfull & remembers me about you every time I look at it! Though I think about you 24 hours a day!!!  Ok,,,I'd better now finish my letter to you darling,,,and be waiting for your message ,,,Kiss you 1000 times ,,, Lida 

I'm happy to hear you!!!! As for the phone, I have to pain you I do not have it at home. I am very sorry, but in our country even in Kiev not every second family has the phone. If we decide to talk the phone in future I ask the favour of my friend and if she allows me, I will come there to talk to you. If you agree. I consider all good relationships start as good friends, and seem to stand the test of time when love develops later. I feel as if I have a lot to offer someone and my life would be most complete to share it with someone special. The more I learn about you the more I like you. I see that you have the same passion for life as I do. I always want you to know that I am sincere with you and I hope that you never question that. I know other people can make a lot of promises that they never keep to you. I on the other hand have every intention of knowing you. I love to travel and I want very much to your country. I hope you feel the same as I. I think it is very possible to know someone so far away and have a very wonderful, loving, and caring relationship. Commitment is the key and not giving up. I have never felt so good about my decision to meet someone like you over the Internet. I have no doubt that I am doing the right thing in my life. If I felt this were the wrong thing to do, I would not do it. I always try to follow my heart in doing the  right thing and I know that what I am doing is the right thing for me. I hope you know what I mean and you have had similar feelings. YOU ASK ME WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR IN A MAN...IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY...THE MAIN CONDITION OF MINE IS TO LOVE AND TO BE LOVED. I WANT MY PARTNER TO BE MY HUSBAND, MY PASSIONATE LOVER, MY FRIEND WHOM I CAN SHARE MY INNERMOST THOUGHTS AND DESIRES. I WANT HIM TO BE MY SOULMATE, TO UNDERSTAND MY FROM THE FIRST GLANCE AND MOVEMENT, TO BE THE TWO PARTS OF ONE INDIVISIBLE WHOLE. I VALUE RELIABILITY AND SINCERITY. REAL MAN MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEEDS AND WORDS. IN THIS CASE I WILL BE WILLING TO CREATE A FAMILY AND TO HAVE CHILDREN. MAY BE I AM TOO DEMANDING BUT I AM WILLING TO DO EVERYTHING FOR MY FAMILY AND TO CORRESPOND TO HIGH STANDARDS. My dream is to visit USA & Australia some day!! Anyway, I will end my letter for now and I will look for your next letter. If you have something to ask me, just remember you can ask me anything you want. I will look forward to it. Sincerely and Affectionately Yours,Lida

Masha Poprygina ( Lugansk , Ukraine

I am a 30+ male living and working in Canada . I decided to write to Masha through her email: honeybunny@diana.lg.ua. The first letter she sent me blew me away with her use of the English language. Here it is:

Letters:

I am 19 years old, I was born April 27th, 1982. At a present time I'm a student. I have one more year to go and then I will receive a diploma of a commersant of exterior trade. Not actually very creative occupation, but this is the best I can get for now, and I do think that education is very important. I really don't know yet what I would like to do in life. I know I should by now, but there are so many things I'm interested in, and there are so few chances to find a job which is paid, not even speaking of well-paid, but paid at all. So it would be basically a waste of money: to pay for education and then sell something in a street market like almost half of the adult population does. It's not that I'm overpragmatic or obsessed with money. I'm just old enough to understand that whether we want it or not, we become realists.. People are too pragmatic nowdays. I can't really blame them but sometimes I even get disappointed. No one appreciates each other, no one is interested in personality. People look at you, they judge you by your appearance, by your income, by how many VIPs you know. That's disgusting, moreover, it's really sad. In my country public opinion is still a very strong power. Of course it's not what it used to be a few decades ago, but still people are brought up and taught to constantly look back in whatever they do and consider what others might say or think. As for me, I can't say that I'm that independant not to care. There is just a narrow circle of people whose opinion matters to me, whose advices I take from time to time, and the rest - no way! It's my life and my decisions. If you want to win my heart, be decisive, inventive and humorous. My poor heart would have no chances if you are also intelligent. I love dancing and reading, socializing and writing, such a complex creature! But that wouldn't scare a real man away, right? :) As for my family I have an older sister. She is the most lovely and beautiful girl alive. This is it for now, hope to learn a lot about you from your next letter. Waiting with impatience, Masha

I thought to myself that there had to be something going on. I sent her an email from a different email address. Yes, it's true! She replied to my other email address with EXACTLY the same letter. Although I was suspicious, I decided to play along. I sent her another letter asking her if she was writing to anyone else. She said no. That was interesting too, as by now I was writing to her from three different email addresses. The letters were all exactly the same with the only difference being the opening statement. By the fourth letter the request for money came along. 

I feel very uncomfortable going to write you this, and if you decide to never write to me again, I will understand, I promise. You see, when I came to the Agency of translating and sending letters attracted by the number of happy meetings and even marriages that it has arranged, I didn't realize that it would be so expensive. The thing is that I can't afford it, and if you don't help to pay for our correspondence, we won't be able to stay in touch. I am really sorry that it should have come to this, but it's the problem of the kind, that I can't take care of it myself. Please, don't be mad, and reply no matter what your decision is. I will understand. Yours truly, Masha.
 

This email was followed one minute later by an email from the 'Agency': 

You are corresponding with our client, Masha Poprygina.She tried to pay for your correspondence herself, but so far she has debts.She promised to pay till the end of the week, hoping for your support. We are sending you a price list for 26.09.2002: To translate, to type and send a letter to you - $7. To translate, to type and to print out your reply - $7 To scan a picture - $3. 20 letters - $140. If you pay $200 at once, each letter will cost only $5 and a free photo. Please, effect the payment in the name of Oksana Vyazmina, Western Union, Lugansk , Ukraine and notify us of the control code of the payment. With the best regards, Miss Oksana Vyazmina, Accountant Manager. 

I remembered seeing something about the Diana Agency , and when I saw the email address: agency@diana.lg.ua I pretty much knew the scam was on!

There was even a medical emergency that popped up, with a hint that the medical bills would be too much to pay: 
I was busy with my studies and also every day I have a headache. At first I thought that it was usual headache but in some days I understood that it may be very serious so I decided to go to the hospital and I was right it was inner cranium pression. So I have to be cured. Tomorrow I will be in the hospital but I will sleep at home, so I can write to you from time to time. You know I'm afraid to go there but I understand that I shold do this in order to be healthy. But the medicaments are so expensive and I don't know if my family have money for my health and for food and for other social services. Well tomorrow I'll learn about that. Thank you for listening to me. This is the important reason for people to understand and to support each other. I will tell you everything about it when I recover because I can't stop thinking about my illness, it may be very serious as doctors says. But I hope I'll recover very soon.


All the other email addresses got a similar letter from the agency, each after the fourth correspondence. 

Here are two pictures of her for your file <<01.jpg>> <<02.jpg>> 
Just so you know, I never sent any money, but I did request for her to send me a picture of herself by regular (snail) mail. That is where this all stands right now! Cheers, Jim

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Natalia Chumeikina ( Marposad , Russia )

Gentelmen, I am a 40 yo male from America . Not to long ago, I was contacted by Natalia who found me on the Cupid USA website. She is listed as Oksana with profile number 238659. She just asked me for plane ticket and visa money to be wired to her via Western Union after only a few short weeks. She claims to live with her mother, has no phone at her home and cannot be reached where she works. Thanks to you and the black list, I saw this one coming. Her letters appeared to be much like a form letter, so I would guess that I'm not the only one she is in contact with at this time. Hope this helps anyone out there. Harpo

Her email addy is: chunat@pochtamt.ru

Let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

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Olga Kazanceva ( Novosibirsk , Russia )

Hello, My name is Doug. I am 45 years old, divorced white American male, with no children. I am a marketing manager with a major telecommunications company.

Within 2 weeks after completing a profile with Absolute Agency I received an e-mail from Olga Kazanceva. My story is like most others. Within 2 weeks I was her "love". By the 10th e-mail she was asking me to send her money for a B-2 tourist visa to come to America . I checked with the US embassy, which is where I learned of possible money scams. After gaining this information I decided to send a letter to her saying I could not send the money for a while due to a financial problem. That was the last I heard from her. I was very fortunate that I did not send the money. I was ready to. I would have sent the airfare too.   

The letters:

kotenok - kotenok_058@pochtamt.ru

Friday, March 22, 2002 11:06 AM
Greetings my love… Whether to me you are necessary to know enough to me trust Or there may be all that about what we with you write each other only words? Love Develops of three components: understanding, trust and patience. You agree with Me? I wait for your answer, eternally loving you Olga

Friday, March 15, 2002 2:09 AM
Greetings my love.My love at you simply remarkable bed I love it I would like to sleep with you on this bed. My love my week has passed normally but there would be much the best if you my prince DOUG were near to me. I called in the American embassy, they have advised me to take the visa of the tourist, This visa B-2, she is valid during 90 days. She costs 330 dollars, But I now do not have such money. If you can, send them to me through Western Union, the address of branch: ALEMAR BANK SEREBRENNIKOVSKAYA 37  NOVOSIBIRSK 630099 RU OLGA KAZANCEVA

When you will send money you necessarily write ten numbers of a remittance. I It is very glad that you want to see me, unfortunately, to meet Money, but money it only a paper, the main thing are necessary that we shall meet with you. We should trust each other because we like each other and we is fast let's meet. I called to the uncle in Moscow and it has told that can make to me the ticket at a discount, but for this purpose it is necessary to know where the nearest to you the international airport. Still I talked to my girlfriend which work in travel agency and She has told me that visa B-2 the best variant that to us you to meet. She speaks that when we shall meet we may discuss that as we shall live further. Yesterday I saw sexual dream about us with you, it has very much liked me also I wants to tell it to you. To me has dreamed as we with you we meet, as you take me on hands, we go to you home. At you at home we go at once in a bedroom and you begin to undress me, our hearts are beaten synchronously, we are passionately kissed and you begin to learn me to all pleasures of sex. I to love you and I begin to understand that love this such strong feeling, I am glad that I could test it due to you. With love forever yours Olga.

Tuesday, March 12, 2002 3:18 AM
Greetings my love.My love I had not so good week-end but if you my prince were with me on my week-end that there would be much the best. I did not fly to Moscow , but tomorrow I shall try to call in American Embassy and to learn about cost of the visa. Still I shall call mine to the uncle which work At the international airport in Moscow , it the pilot and it may learn how many There is a ticket aboard the plane. I try to learn as much as possible about that how to arrive to To you and to meet you, I do not have not enough patience to wait for it The light moment in our life, I want to meet you, that more soon to jump to you on a neck, to kiss on the mouth you in, to look to you in eyes and to tell to you I LOVE YOU!!!!!!! When you are far I feel lonely, you are necessary for me. Ideas about our fast meeting heat to me soul, they support me when at me bad mood, also do me happy. My girlfriends too have noticed that Ibegan to look happier and cheerful, they speak that too wanted to leave for America , but they already have which boys they like. I am happy that I have you. I have written a poem for you:

We'll take a walk together
near the ocean shore,
and I'll kiss your naked body
as you cry with tears of joy...
While I hold you close to me
and keep you from the cold,
we'll whispher to each other
little secrets left untold...
Your busom so inviting
as I beg for your embrace,
it's warmth is so exciting
while tears of pleasure run my face...
And as you lay upon me
I can look into your eyes,
like a gateway into heaven
as the moon begins to rise...
We make love to each other
like the world will never end,
we passionately kiss one another
while time just seems to bend...
I love you so so so so much!!!!!!
And I want you!!!!

I hope she to you it is pleasant, I have enclosed all love to you these lines. My love boils as a volcano woken by god Eros, she tries to escape outside, but does not find an output in absence of you. I wait for our meeting, as young the schoolgirl of the first appointment in life. I think that I am similar on ????????, Which waits for a meeting with beloved. But I hope that at us with you all will be at all so it is sad as at them. Your love Olga.

Saturday, March 9, 2002 2:59 AM
Greetings my love. I waited for the moment when I again shall receive from you the letter and this has come happy And I can learn the moment that you think of my previous letter. Tomorrow I shall go in Moscow in the American embassy to learn more particularly about the visa. I shall inform about results later. Unfortunately I do not have friends which have left in America , but I hope that I can learn details. I have told about us with you to the girlfriends, they are very glad that I have found the Happiness, also that I shall leave to America . Certainly they will miss on me as well as My parents. It seems to me that we already on are close with each other, we as if so much The husband and the wife only, unfortunately, divided in huge distance. But not looking On it we should continue to love each other and to trust each other, you with me It agree? I that can not do with myself, it is love, she sings in me as a bird in the spring sky. I think that it is destiny it may be dangerous, but I am mad It is in love with you. Your letters are filled such heat and care, and at me Sometimes tears of pleasure run. I think " My God, thank that you have helped me to find my only thing and I hope that we shall incorporate to it and we shall be happy. "I dream of our meeting and about that as we shall walk with you to keep for hands, as we shall look after one after another and as we shall do love. I LIKE YOU, I WANT YOU, YOU FOR EVER In MY HEART, In MY IDEAS. I dream as you You will carry me on hands to embrace me, to kiss and caress my gentle body. It is a pity that only dreams and whether it is fated to them to come true the God knows only. I hope to see your letter soon. Yours Olga.

Thursday, March 7, 2002 2:18 PM
Greetings my love…
For ever yours Olga.

Wednesday, March 6, 2002 11:39 AM
Greetings my love! …
Forever Yours Olga.

Monday, March 4, 2002 5:39 PM
Greetings my love…
You always in my heart .Yours love Olga.

Saturday, March 2, 2002 8:30 AM
Greetings loved(liked).My loved I had not so good week…
About love Olga.

Wednesday, February 27, 2002 1:25 AM
Greetings my dear!My dear thank you for your pictures you very beautiful person. My full name Olga Kazanceva .My post 630099 Novosibirsk Stepana Razina
street
20-12…
Yours flower Olga!!!

Saturday, February 23, 2002 2:52 AM
Congratulations my loved(liked) friend. Thank for your new letter. If
it is fair, I To wait it all day…
Yours friend Olga.

Saturday, February 16, 2002 8:32 AM
Greetings.Thank you for your pictures they were all very beautiful. …
I to hope to receive your letter soon. Bye Bye Olga.

Friday, February 15, 2002 1:52 AM
I am very glad, that you to answer me. This day will be main in my Life… 
I hope your friend
Olga.

Wednesday, February 13, 2002 7:58 AM
Hi!!!. I very much to become interested in your structure. I would like to get acquainted with the man, who could estimate my care , tenderness and love. I would like, that he was kind, responsible, capable to stretch a hand of the help in any problems. If you to hear me and to understand me that you can write to me on mine e-mail: kotenok_058@pochtamt.ru


In my turn I shall try be the offer, loving, devoted , responsible woman


Since March of 2002 I have received letters from two other people with almost identical scenarios. There are plenty of people out there ready to take your money!
Good luck in your search,
Doug in Texas

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Tatiana Koulikova ( Murmansk , Russia )

Hello, I am 52 frenchman, living in Paris as IT consultant. I wanted to get acquainted with a woman from the east and I had an ad inserted in various eastern newspapers, through a french magazine, J'annonce I got letters from many ladies and I decided to answer one positively who gave her emil adress.  These are the mails I got from her and some of my answers..

Letters:

Hello my dear Christian!!! Only today I have received your letter on electronic mail and was very happy!!! I hope that I answer on your letter not too late as I had no any access in the Internet about today and could not know that you have written to me. Now I can regularly use the Internet at my work, so I very much hope to receive news from you. I all this time thought of you and waited your answer and now I am very happy. It was very interesting to read about you, your life and your plans. From your letter I think what you are man what I was looking for. I like you very much! I am very glad what you are interesting in me and want continue our  correspondens. I am too very interesting in our relationship. I like your letters very much and I think from your letters what you are very interesting, kind, honest, intelligent and clever man. I very need to have man like you. Long time I was looking for man for create family, but I was unluky in this case. But I still have small hope to find man for make happy family together. I think that you are the man that I am looking for. And I hope I am the woman that you need. I like you from your letter and in your letter I saw your good sole and I think what it is most important for me. I think what love, respect and understanding are more important things between people in family life.I really very want to create happy family. I very happy what you want invite me to come visit you! I very want to meet with you, and I hope you will invite me visit you very soon. I will have my holidays soon, from the end of May. So we can meet in May or June if you can! I will be very happy to meet you and to see France together with you. I think we will have very good time together and will be very happy! I will do my best for you. What do you think about our happy meet with you? very want to meet with you. Now I sometimes imagine our meet with you. Our romantics evenings, walk together, our talking about life, love... our romantics suppers by the candle light. we will look into our eyes and understand each other even without words.  Yes, of course to have correspondense long time is good, but i think what some days spend together will show more about each other than long years correspondens. Then more we like one another and our opinions is the same. Now we must to new how we will fill ourself together. I can write about myself a lot and long but I think what better you will know me when we will meet. I think what we must not put off our meet. It is my opinion. What is your? I will be waiting your answer.  I am very waiting for your ansver! I send to you my another photo. And waiting for your. Bye-bye! Your Tatiana.

Dear Christian!!! I received your letter and was very very happy!!! Thank you very much!!! I so am happy that we have found each other!!! You the man of my dream. I dreamed of such as you all my life and at last I have found you. I think of you constantly and I dream of our meeting. Those days when we shall be together will be happiest in my life. And I shall do all that you were happy with me. I very want come to you during my holidays. I was thinking about it very much. I think that it will not be by a problem if you will work, because all evenings, night and days off will be only ours, my dear Christian! When you will be at work I shall do home work.. To tidy up, to wash, to clean and certainly to prepare for you fantastic supper and to cover on a table, and when you will be back home I joyful shall meet you and we shall have supper together and to enjoy each other. So do not worry that you will work. Write to me that you think of our meeting in June. If it not possible for you at all I will try to change my holidays, but I afraid it will be difficult to do. I did ask in travel agency about visa to France . Thay sayd what to get tourist visa is very easy, so I can come to you with tourist visa. I very much want to meet you so soon as it probably. I want to be near to you. I think of you constantly!!! I shall be the happiest girl in the world when I will meet with you!!! You are the man of my dream!!! Many kisses!!! With love, your Tatiana.

The she asked for money to pay her ticket and visa from a travel agency : 400$. I answered back that I would pay the agency directly with my credit card and not send money to her. I have already been scammed by a russian girl. She was disappointed but gave me some agnecies adresses to purchase her ticket.

Hello my dear Christian!!! I have received your message and was very happy. I was in travel agency and spoke with them about that that you want to pay my trip directly by him. They have told that they hear it first time. Usually they receive cash and are not engaged in remittances. They have told that usually man sends money to the woman and she makes out itself. I have told that you want silf to pay to agency. Whether then they have told that probably you do not trust me and began to ask me I saw you earlier and why you can not personally send me money. I was much not became pleasant to me. As they have thought that you do not trust me. I came back home and I was speaking with my mother. And she too speak what it seemed that you do not trust me. I do not understand that you are afraid. It I should have large fears. You see I am going in the country, unfamiliar to me, to the man unfamiliar to me. I heard very many bad histories about the foreign men, as it is bad they act with Russian, without the rights in their country by the girl. They take away all documents and force of the beautiful girl to work the prostitutes and very badly address with them. So my opinion, that in the given situation should be afraid and not trusted by(with) I instead of you. I am young girl also have decided to take risk, I have trusted in you!!! I very much have liked to me the truth also I think that you should trust me. I hope that we can meet during my holiday. I hope to hear from you good news. With love, your Tatiana.

So I explained her how I have been scammed a year ago and therefore I would not send money directly to her.

Hello my dear Christian! I have received your message. I very much regret that in your life such happened, but I want to tell you that not all girl identical and in the world there are very many honour and decent(considerable) girl to what I treat. I not against now that you made out my trip through a travel company. I agree with you. I hope that you will trust me same as I to you. I inform you telephones, the faxes and e-mails of the address of travel companies which are engaged in preparation of tourist trips in France . I have thought that will be much cheaper if I shall come to you by the bus. Contact to one of these agency and you can begin to prepare my travel on middle of June or later. You can communicate with the following agency in Moscow . 1. "Evroturtrans" E-mail ett@ett.ru Tel. (095)238-4639 T\Fax (095)238-7052  2."Roza-v'' E-mail roza_vetrov@smtp.ru , greenmar@unet.ru www.roza-v.ru tel. (095)202-2738 (095)291-9779  3. "Enklav" www.enclav.ru info@enclav.ru enclav@enclav.ru Tel\Fax (095) 911-61-20 

I regret that you can not phone to me, but mine phone not function as in my street is broucen a telephone cable. Therefore in our house all people can not use the telephone. I do not know when it will repare, at us have told that repair the very expensive and urban budget can not give out such money to repair cable. I very much hope that it will repare soon. I inform you my complete address. It is Koulikova Tatiana Prospekt Lenina 81 - 24, 183038, Murmansk , Russia . I have written to you my address at post office because in my entrance the letters boxes are broken and the letter can steal, therefore we receive our mail by post office. I have received your copy of the passport. A thank to you huge. But I and without it trusted you. I very much belived and sincere woman and I believe in human kindness, though in this world there is a lot of evil. You can communicate with the following agencys in Moscow and inform me so soon as possible! I very waiting for your news! And I hope for our meet!!! With love, your Tatiana. 

Then I started looking for an agency which could take care of ticket and visa in Moscow or St Petersburg . I finally found one and had all the information for her trip. She had to travel in Moscow and deal with the agency which agreed to be paid directly by me. Apparently everything was going right. Then I got the following mail 

Hello my love Chris!!! I have received your message and your photo. I am very happy!!! Me to like your body very much. You are very beautiful. I very much want to sleep with you at the night, I want to touch your body!!! I want as soon as possible to go to Moscow and to begin to prepare mine travel. I today went to buy the tickets up to Moscow on a train, but was very much surprised when me have told what there not tickets for 2 months forward. As in the summer all people want to leave for holiday from north on the south, and we have only 1 train up to Moscow , so the people stand in turn and can buy the tickets only for 2 months forward. I have gone to know about the ticket for the plane and me have told that is the tickets for any day. The ticket costs 100 $. I was very much afflicted. I have no such money. I can not itself pay my ticket. I do not know that to me to do. I am very much upset. I only can hope for you. I very much hope for your help. Whether write me, can you to send me money to the ticket up to Moscow . I have a few money to live in Moscow and to go on buses and metro and to have meal, but I have no money aboard the plane. I very much hope for you. I want to meet you faster. I wait for news from you. Love and kisses from your Tatiana. 

Again asking money. So I decided to ask Pulko travel in Paris If I could purchase a ticket in Paris and have it delivered to her in Murmansk . That was possible. So I told her about it and asked her to make up her mind about the date she wanted to leave. I have not heard of her nor read from her since in spite of several mails I sent her. Obviously, she was expecting to draw money from me and since Idid not give in, whatever argument she put forward, she dropped out. Her name and adress are : Koulikova Tatiana Prospekt Lenina 81 - 24, 183038, Murmansk , Russia .  I send you also some photos I got from her

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